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Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the
disease by delay has increased in strength.
Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the
disease by delay has increased in strength.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
